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July 21, 1936. H. N. MCDERMOTT GAME 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gru/vento@ e7' Filed NOV. l5, 1934 fj' 1.5. )4 @wi/ww July 2l, 1936. H, N. MCDERMOTT 2,048,077

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Filed NOV. l5, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 only,

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j UNITED SWESA Patented July 21, 1936 PATENT oFFieE GAME `Howard N. McDermott, Washington, D. C., as-

signor ofronehalf to Mary Elizabeth Elsom, Hendersonville; N. C., and one-half to Estelle A. Betzell, Washington, D. C;

Application November 13, 1934, Serial No. '752,885A 11 claims. (ci. 273-138) VVThe invention relates Vto games and;i game boards, and has forits object to provide a vdevice of. thischaracter in which competing players mayY drop discs orY other objects, and which discs will bedeflected from side to side in their downward forming closures for said apertures and adaptedv to be moved toropen position after the computing operation .for allowing the disc to pass through the board inwhich the apertures are'disposed to a holding receptacle for the disc. -j

VA further object is to provide adjacent the disc receivingl apertures, indicia. preferably simulating.- playing cards, and legends corresponding therewith to the sides of the device and constituting fortune telling subject matter, thereby allow-V ing the devicejor game to be used for fortune telling. ,I v f x A furtherobject is to provide means-whereby thegindicia carrying board may beheld against bowing incident to warping. Y -Y 4 A further object isto provide the apertures with disc receiving plates extending upwardly and outwardly therefroml and terminating tolthe rear of the aperturesand disc holding plates slidably mounted on the back of the apertured board andforrning a stop-for the discs or checks until the disc holding plates are moved after a playing operation. l Y .A further object4 is to provide disc holding' plates on the rear of the apertured board and carried bywa vertically movable 4rack slidably mounted onthe rear Yof the board for simultaneouslyallowing.the discs or checks to pass through the apertures. Y `A furtherobject is to providethehapertured board-at .its-.lower end with upwardly diverging deflectingnangesat oppositev sides .of the lower seriesof apertures for insuring the passage of all checks thatwmay pass the pins into some of the apertures. .Y Y r `A further object isto provide-.the upper end of the frame with an elongated check receiving slot extending the full Vwidth at least of the apertured portion' of 'the `game board, thereby allowing a wide range of positioning of the checks and oo nsequent skill of the operator in attempts to cause they check or disc to yenter chosen apertures. UVA further object is to provide the slidable rack Awith a handle member by -which it may be easily moved after the completion of plays by competing players;y Y 1 With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being `understood that changes in the precise embodiment `of the invention may be made if desired without departing from the scope of the claims.

. In the drawings:

l Figure 1 is a front elevation of the game board showing `the front glass plate broken away to better show the structure.

4 Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the vgame board.

. Figure Bis a rear elevation of the game board, showing the slidable rack, and the back removed.

Figure 4 is a vertical enlarged transverse sectionalview through a portion of the apertured board andshowing the same on an enlarged scale.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the lapertured board, showing the deflecting members around the same.

Figure 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view through thev check receiving receptacle.

Figure'lis a perspective View of a' modified board showing one of the apertures wherein the denecting ,member in the aperture is stamped from board.

`Figure 8 is a top plan view of the board showing the elongated coin slot. l Referring to the drawings, the numeral I des-V ignates a rectangular shaped casing of the device which comprises a front glass wall 2, an intermediatewall 3, and a rear Wall 4.v The intermediate wall is preferably formed from laminated wood or metal, and is held in place against warping bya screw 6, threaded through reinforcing strips] carried by the inner side of the rear wall Il andtinto engagement with transverse reinforcing 4strips 8 carried by the rea-r side of theintermediate wallll and by threading said screws 6 inwardly the intermediate wall 3 may be forced forwardly so that the guide strips 9, projecting forwardly from the front side of the intermediate wall,4 will be Vforced into engagement with the inner side of the front wall 2 as well as the guide pins Ill for' rigidly holding the intermediate wall against rearward or forward bowing incident to warping.

Mounted on the front side of the intermediate 'wall 3 are playing cards I I, having various values andi preferably surrounding the .apertures I2, through which the checksused for playing the game pass. The playing cards may be printed directly on the intermediate wall 3 or may be pasted thereon and applicant does not limit himself in this particular. extend upwardly at opposite sides of the series of apertures I2 andtheir upper ends terminate in upwardly diverging branches I3, which terminate at the ends of the elongated check receiving slot I4, as clearlyshown in Figures 1 and 8. In playing the game` the competing players drop checks, preferably in the form of metal discs into4 the elongated slots I4, so it will fall by gravity down the inclined intermediate board 3, and by providing an elongated slot the players can exercise their skill in playingv for the various openings y I2, having varying values.

As the checks slide down the intermediate board 3, they are caused to take circuitous courses by engagement with the pins IU 'against which they hit, and which pins deflect the checks; eventually the checks will pass between some of the pins I0 and will rest upon the upwardly'and outwardly inclined members I5, which extend outwardly yfrom the apertures I2 and into engagement with the inner side of the front wall 2: as

clearly shown in Figure 4. The check is shown at IIin said Figure-4. The members] L'Y incline downwardly and-rearwardly through the'apertures I2 and terminate in downwardly extending arms I 'I, which are secured to thel rear ysideV of the intermediate board 3'by one of the pins IQ.' It will be noted that the side deiiecting members' 9, at their lower ends, terminate in downwardlyrv and inwardly inclined flanges rort members:Y I8, 'which in turn terminate adjacent thev'outer sides of the apertures I2' so that'the check will be deflected toward the aperture, and thatangularly shaped deflecting iianges I9 are disposed between the lower series of apertures for preventing checks from passing below the lower series,l of apertures. All ofthe checks of each player areheld inthe apertures I2 until the plays are oompleted and then the' competing playersestimate the values for estimating thevwinner. It willv be notedl that high numbers maybe used or high.V

cards, or combinations of cards and various kinds of games may be played. Where it-is desired to use theV device as a fortune telling' machine the check may be dropped into the device to a particular playing card aperture I2, and `then the player can look to the corresponding card data at the side Yof the board and readV the fortune under said data for the particular card. s ese legends may be varied as desired. Y

Disposed within the lowery end of ther game board behind the intermediate board 3 is a check receiving receptacle 20,. into ,which the checks Vfrom the various apertures AI2I pass by gravity.

The receptacle 2.0 is preferably provided with bafiies 2I for preventing unauthorized persons from removing the checks from the receptacle, and the receptacle below'the baflies is provided with AVa locked closurel 22 to be vopened byan authorized person. v

Slidably mounted in bearing members 23 on the rear side of the intermediate board 3; are vthe Vside rods 24 of Va shutter rack, and which bars are connected together by transverse shutters 25, which are normallyin the lowered position as shown in Figures 3 and 4 for holding the checks I6 in the apertures Ill until. after the completion of the play. .It will be noted that the .shutters 25 arerslidably mounted onY the heads 26v of the pins IIl'and-on the members II secured to the rear sideof the intermediate wall 3, hence there The check guide strips 9 will not be scraping operation, nor will the shutters become stuck to the rear surface of the inter-v mediate wall 3. The downward movement of the racks and shutters 25 carried thereby is limited n by the bearing members 23, and the rack is nor- Y 5 mally forced downwardly by a coiled spring '21, anchored at 28 to the rear side of the intermediatewall 3, and at 29 to therack. Rockably and loosely connected on pins 3U above the rack are rock levers 3I, the louter ends of which are slidably connected at 32 to the upper ends of the side rods 24 of the rack. The inner ends of the Y rock levers 3l are pivotally connected at 33 to the vertically movableireleasing rod 34 having a handle'35. After the players have made their various plays the handle 35 is forced downwardly and the rack and shutters raised for allowing the checks I6- to slide by gravity through the aper- `of the side walls'of the board for YVguiding'a'n'y checks which may fall tothe side intoA the receptacl'e. The receptacle 2U may be'rernoved from 25!- Y From the above it will be seen that a game of 35 chance is `provided on whichffortunes maybe told,Y high number' games played, as well a'scard' games,` and that any number of competing play# ers may use the device. Itwill also be seen that the variousV checks' will beheld' in sight'of the operatorsvat all times so that the scores mayfb'e accuratelyascertained after each game, and that bya single movement through the shutter rack all checks will be released simultaneously thereby ailowingfthem topass to Vthe collection rec'ep t'aole2ll.v Y 'l The invention Vhaving been set forth what is claimedas new and useful is: l f IfA 1ame board comprising a frontwall, an 1 intermediate wall and a rear wall, apertures in the 50 intermediate wall, meansl for guiding checks to positions in clinng downwardlyvand rearwardly through said apertures; check receiving armsextending upwardlyV and forwardly through lsaid aperturesjirom the rear side of' thefintennediate Y wallv and adapted to receive'checks and movable shutters normally forming closures for the rear sides of the apertures.V Y vi r2. A game board having a plurality of, apertures therethrough and adapted to be used in substantialy a vertical position, checkV receiving men'lbersV eXtend-ingoutwardly andv upwardly through said apertures from the rear slide of theboard and check holdingv shutters carried by the rear sideof the board' and forming means whereby checks supported on. the members in the apertures vmay be released and allowed to fall by gravity to the rear ofthe board;` Y j Y 4 3- A deviceas. set forth in'claim 2 whereiny the 70 checks are heldon. the upwardly and Voutwardly extending members by vertically movable shutters slidablyfmounted on the rear side of the board, .g said lupwardly and outwardly extending members having arms to the rear of the board and anchored to the rear side thereof between the shutters and the rear side of the board.

4. A game board comprising a front transparent wall, an intermediate wall having check receiving apertures extending transversely therethrough, upwardly and outwardly extending check receiving members extending through the apertures and into engagement with the front wall, check deflecting pins carried by the intermediate wall and extending into engagement with the front wall and vertically movable shutters slidably mounted on the rear side of the intermediate wall and forming closures for the apertures above the upwardly and outwardly extending members.

5. A game board comprising a front transparent wall, a rear wall, an intermediate wall, a plurality of apertures extending transversely through the intermediate Wall, upwardly and forwardly extending check receiving members carried by the intermediate wall and extending through the apertures thereof and means carried by the rear wall and cooperating with the rear side of the intermediate wall for bowing said intermediate wall towards the front wall in case of rearward warping of the intermediate wall.

6. A device as set forth in claim 5 including means for limiting the forward bowing of the intermediate wall by engagement vwith the inner side of the front wall.

7. A device as set forth in claim 5 including a plurality of check deflecting pins carried by the intermediate wall and engaging the inner side of the front wall.

8. A device as set forth in claim 5 wherein the bowing means for the intermediate wall comprises screws threaded through the rear wall and cooperalting with the rear side of the intermediate wa l.

9. A device as set forth in claim 5 including downwardly extending anges carried by the upwardly and forwardly extending check receiving members, said anges being secured to the rear side of the intermediate wall.

10. A device as set forth in claim 5 including a. vertically slidable shutter rack carried by the rear side of the intermediate wall and shutters carried by said rack and normally forming closures for the portions of the apertures above the upwardly and forwardly extending check receiving members.

11. A device as set forth in claim 5 including a shutter rack for the apertures, said shutter rack being slidably mounted on the intermediate Wall, a shutter operating handle and rock lever connections between the handle and the rack.

HOWARD N. MCDERMOTT. 

